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Artist's empty shopfront photos show how COVID lockdowns devastated Melbourne's retail sector

With each COVID-19 lockdown, artist Callum Morton noticed more and more empty shopfronts bearing 'for lease' signs across Melbourne, so he began to document them.

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Leading the charge: road-testing Australia’s EV stations on a 2,800km round trip

A trip from Sydney to Melbourne and back revealed a series of pleasures and pitfalls of Australia’s electrified open roads

The Guardian - AU

Eddie Betts's protege Waylon Davey sets out on ever-more-popular footy path via Melbourne private school

Waylon Davey comes from football family royalty in the Northern Territory, but as the teenager treks the private school path to the AFL, he and his family know there are plenty of challenges ahead.

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Inside abandoned supermarket with food still on shelves where 'only ghosts shop'

Old tills, shopping trolleys and food items including Kellogg's cereal and pots of jam still line the aisles of the IGA supermarket in Melbourne, Australia

Daily Mirror

Mum's credibility tested in kidnap case

The credibility of descriptions given by a Melbourne mum whose children were allegedly kidnapped last year is set to be tested in court.

AAP

Storm's Nikorima firming for round one

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has indicated Jayden Nikorima will feature in his round one team at either hooker or five-eighth.

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‘We’re letting these people die’: a family’s anguish for Melbourne grandmother lost to Covid in aged care

Merilyn Saunders, who loved sport, music and, above all, her family, spent her final two years almost entirely in isolation

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Severe cork sidelines Dees defender Petty

Melbourne defender Harrison Petty will be sidelined for up to six weeks after undergoing surgery to release bleeding in a calf.

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The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne's musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage

News the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the end of this year, has been met with grief and outrage by the Melbourne music community.

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Rebels' Gordon to embrace Suncorp return

Melbourne Rebels No.10 Carter Gordon hopes his former Queensland Reds teammates try to unsettle him in Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific opener.

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Manhunt underway over Melbourne woman grab

A young woman was followed and grabbed from behind after taking a bus in Melbourne's north last month, sparking a hunt for two men.

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Millions follow ex-NBA basketball star Zhou Qi on his NBL journey with South East Melbourne Phoenix

How do you grow engagement in a new NBL franchise from the thousands to the millions? Recruiting a superstar from China certainly doesn't hurt.

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From sleeping in the stairs to four showers a day, desperate public housing residents try to escape Melbourne's summer heat

With no air conditioning in most apartments, residents in Melbourne's public housing towers are angry the state government is continuing to lock them out of cooled common rooms.

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Chinese medicine Lianhua Qingwen makes its way into community for COVID-19 treatment despite Australian ban

Demand for a traditional medicine used to treat COVID-19 symptoms is surging, with the illegal Lianhua Qingwen capsules making their way into Australia's Chinese community and onto supermarket shelves.

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Kambosos reveals brutal plan to keep title

George Kambosos will earn a $10 million pay day from Australian boxing's biggest-ever fight - but his opponent for the Melbourne blockbuster is still undecided.

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‘We just can’t let go’: sadness as Bob Hawke’s watering hole, the Curtin hotel, set to close

Time called for Melbourne pub named after another Labor PM and favourite of unionists, students, journos and more recently live music fans

Daily Mirror

Superfit gran looks half her age and gets mistaken for granddaughter's sister

Grandmother Lesley Maxwell, from Melbourne, Australia, works out five times a week to maintain her rock-hard abs and is so fit that she's often mistaken for someone half her age

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Kambosos confirms Melbourne mega fight

Unified lightweight champion George Kambosos has confirmed he will defend his three world title belts at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium in June.

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It could be last drinks at famous John Curtin Hotel as owners put iconic pub up for sale

The managers of the John Curtin Hotel say the historic Melbourne pub may be sold to developers and turned into apartments, but unions want to step in and save it.

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‘We Have No Horizon’: Melbourne Music Venues Say Entire Industry Could Be Weeks From Collapse

“As a venue owner you might expect me to be cynical and cheer when the competition closes down, but that’s not how our industry works. We need other venues because the artists who perform here need to make a living when they’re not performing here. We need a solid ecosystem."

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Concern missing teenager last seen in Victoria's north-west took trip inspired by Into the Wild

The mother of missing Melbourne man Samuel Thomson remains hopeful her son is simply enjoying some time "off the grid", but says she was concerned by a note he left the family inside a copy of the ill-fated adventurer's tale Into the Wild.

The Guardian - AU

‘This city is going to be a car park’: Melbourne music venues beg for end to Covid restrictions

The Curtin hotel is just the latest to announce it is closing due to density restrictions, with others warning they only have weeks before they will follow

AAP

Union bid to save historic Melbourne pub

The historic John Curtin Hotel in Melbourne is set to be sold, with the union movement hatching plans to rescue the site from development.

The Guardian - AU

Australia holding people in immigration detention for record 689 days on average, report finds

Human Rights Watch says the average is 12 times longer than the US, showing ‘how completely alone Australia is in the world’

Al Jazeera

‘They grabbed my arms’: The sick refugee deported by Australia

Refugee says he was forced onto a plane with hardened criminals and sent back to a country he fled in fear of his life

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